Overview
- Authorities charged John Tobias with two felony counts of making terroristic threats after a social-media post targeting State Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen was reported.
- The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office says a Facebook post demanded money tied to COVID shutdown losses and threatened to kill the senator.
- Officials report Tobias called the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office and said he would go to the Capitol and "execute everyone in the building" if he did not get his money back.
- A search of a property near Park Rapids during a SWAT-assisted arrest recovered nine firearms and 45 boxes of ammunition, according to investigators.
- Tobias was arraigned Wednesday, admitted to sending the email and making the phone call, and is scheduled to return to court on March 2.